Materialized Wishes: Long Banner Paintings from the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang
This paper explores the religious function and meaning of long banner paintings from Cave 17 of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, in conjunction with material culture in Northwestern China in the ninth and tenth centuries CE. The so-called forty-nine-<i>chi</i> banners have peculiar traits su...
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/1/58 |